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    Default Need advice on a laptop to buy.

    Yo all

    Im heading to uni in a few months so i need some help selecting a laptop. Obviously price is key, so cheaper the better. Im used to my home system of E6400 core 2 processor, 2gb ram and Nvidia 8500gt. So i wondered if anyone could link me to a laptop with those similar specs. I just want to be able to do thinks fast and the only game i need to be able to play is world of warcraft . Maybe i dont need such a fast processor as i have seen that 2ghz + can get price.

    I do not really need a hardrive at all as i got 2 external ones, dont need an Operating system.

    Budget: 450 pounds.

    Would be great if anyone could link me to any laptops that im looking for on aria . Thanks

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    get an Asus eee 900/901 and spend the rest of the budget on beer
    Computery box connected to a telly box wiv a mice n keys...

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    Agreed

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    im looking for something a bit more powerful.

    stretching budget to 600 pounds now actually.

    Think this is the best im gonna get ?

    15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
    NVIDIA® Geforce 9600M GT 512MB
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-processor P7350
    4096 MB DDR2 800MHz PC6400
    250 GB 5400rpm. SATA harddisk
    DVD-RW / CD-RW SATA
    Zepto Zpro2 300 mbit
    Built-in webcam 2.0 megapixel


    599 pounds



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    What would you use it for?

    If its just for writing essays get an eee machine

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    Eee's are horrible to type on, they are lovely and portible but keys are tiny.
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    i must admit that they are a bit too tiny for most people inc myself which is why mines being sold.

    but for younger people or those that are vertically challenged with small hands there ideal.

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    Put a DVD case in front of you and imagine it's a keyboard, if you can't type on it, you probably won't like an Eee. (Check for yourself, a DVD case is about 9" diagonal - and an eee keyboard is barely wider than the screen)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brisk View Post
    im looking for something a bit more powerful.

    stretching budget to 600 pounds now actually.

    Think this is the best im gonna get ?

    15.4" WXGA (1280x800)
    NVIDIA® Geforce 9600M GT 512MB
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-processor P7350
    4096 MB DDR2 800MHz PC6400
    250 GB 5400rpm. SATA harddisk
    DVD-RW / CD-RW SATA
    Zepto Zpro2 300 mbit
    Built-in webcam 2.0 megapixel


    599 pounds


    May i please ask what laptop this is?

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    that sounds like a medion akoya laptop
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    BTW -that laptop would most likely be faster than your PC... just for comparison.

    More RAM running faster, a faster processor and a fairly equivalent graphics card (mobile graphics are always a bit naff)... you'll be fine with that
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